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Tuesday, 14 July 2015

Cesium 137 & Cesium 134 detected in seaweed on the West Coast of British Columbia

We have new clear precise lab results that seaweed on the West
Coast of BC has both Cesium 137 and Cesium 134 radiation in it.
PLEASE stop eating from the Pacific. Results are from a test sample
sent in from my friend Jeff whose use of a Geiger Counter on seaweed
showed distinctly elevated readings. He sent the samples to labs and
these were the results.

The final result is in for the seaweed sample you sent us on June
16, 2015.
137Cs = 0.5 +/- 0.3 Bq/kg134Cs = 0.3 +/- 0.3 Bq/kg

The 137Cs is above the limit of detection. The 134Cs is at the
detection,limit which is generally considered a nondetect.

While the amount of radio cesium was low it held up after repeated
analyses. Although the result is a low detect, it is nevertheless one
of the few samples that shows any radioactive cesium in west coast
seaweed samples. Time will tell if it is part of a trend.